BY APPOINTMENT QUEEN ELIZABETH II PARAGON ENGLAND 1950S TEACUP SAUCER SIDEPLATE TRIO NO 1 OF 6 - CHARM PATTERN WHITE WITH FLUTED EDGES AND GOLD GILDED RIM

BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE PARAGON (CIRCA 1957) CHARM PATTERN TRIO. CONSISTING OF A TEA CUP (FOOTED TEACUP WITH ELIZABETHAN SHAPE), SAUCER AND SIDEPLATE. BOTH SAUCER AND SIDEPLATE SHOWS INTRICATES SHELL LIKE RIBBED EDGING NEAR THE RIM.  THE RIM ITSELF HAS A SLIGHT WAVY STRUCTURE. IN VERY GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION. THIS IS THE FIRST OF SIX SUCH TRIOS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK.
 
CHARM PATTERN (1957-1990): A BEAUTIFUL AND LUXURIUS PATTERN WITH WHITE BONE CHINA WITH FLUTED EDGES WITH THE EXTRA TOUCH OF GOLD GILDING TO THE EDGES AND HANDLES. THIS PATTERN IS CALLED CHARM AND WAS MADE FROM THE LATE 1950S AND DISCONTINUED IN 1990. IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO ROYAL ALBERTS VAL DOR PATTERN BUT THE FLUTED EDGES ARE MORE INTRICATE WITH FINER DETAIL.
 
CUP SHAPE ELIZABETHAN: THE CUP SHAPE IS CALLED ELIZABETHAN AND IT HAS A LOBED BODY SHAPE WHICH FEATURES A SHELL LIKE TEXTURE TO THE SIDES NEAR UPPER RIM. IT IS A FOOTED TEACUP AND HAS A GOLD GILDED PANEL NEAR THE BASE.
 
MARKINGS:
BY APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (ELIZABETH II)
THIS ROYAL WARRANT WAS ISSUED BETWEEN 1955-1960 AND REISSUED IN 1963.
CHINA POTTERS PARAGON CHINA LTD STOKE-ON-TRENT FINE BONE CHINA MADE IN ENGLAND REGD L/L
THIS VERSION OF THE PARAGON LOGO WAS USED FROM 1957 ONWARDS INTO THE 1960s.
 
SIZE AND CONDITION:
Tea Cups: 10,5CM WIDE UP TO HANDLE 7,5CM HIGH 8,3CM DIAMETER TOP RIM NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. NO GOLD GILD LOSS.
SAUCER: 14CM DIAMETER 2CM HIGH NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. NO GOLD GILD LOSS.
SIDE PLATE: 15,8CM DIAMETER 1,0CM HIGH NO CHIPS. NO CRACKS. ONE SPECK OF GOLD GILD LOSS.
 
PARAGON: THE STAR CHINA COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN 1897 AS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HERBERT AYNSLEY AND HUGH IRVING, TRADING UNTIL 1919, AND USING PARAGON AS A TRADE NAME FROM ABOUT 1900. IN 1919, AFTER AYNSLEY'S RETIREMENT THE COMPANY NAME WAS CHANGED TO PARAGON CHINA COMPANY LIMITED.
From April 1933, when Paragon was granted its first Royal Warrant of Appointment by HM Queen Mary, the Company incorporated in their trademark or backstamp, the arms of the Royal Warrant Grantor(s). During this period dating can be estimated from the Royal Warrant information.
PARAGON WAS NOTED FOR PRODUCING HIGH QUALITY TEAWARE AND TABLEWARE AND EXPORTED A LOT OF ITEMS TO AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA
THE 1960S SAW THE COMPANY CHANGE HANDS SEVERAL TIMES, OWNED in 1960 FOR A WHILE BY T.C. WILD (Called Royal Albert since 1904), THEN FORMING PART OF ALLIED ENGLISH POTTERIES in 1964, THEN BECOMING PART OF ROYAL DOULTON IN 1972.
Royal Doulton continued the use of the Paragon name, but by 1989 the name and patterns had generally been absorbed into Doulton's Royal Albert brand. Doulton discontinued use of the paragon name from c.1991. Some Paragon patterns continued in production under Royal Albert name until the Royal Albert name was discontinued by Doulton.
 
ROYAL WARRANTS:
The Queen (Mary) and other members of the Royal Family were attracted by the Paragon designs and regularly ordered it for use in their own households or as gifts for others. In April 1933 Paragon was honoured by being granted a Warrant of Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen (Mary). Royal Warrants may be granted to people or to companies who regularly supply goods or services to a particular member of the Royal family. Strict regulations govern the warrant, which allows the grantee or his company to use the legend 'By Appointment' and display the relevant Royal Coat of Arms on products.
In 1938 the company was similarly honoured by the new Queen, now Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, and in turn, her daughter, Her Majesty The Queen (Elizabeth II)  granted a Warrant of Appointment in 1955.
 
PLEASE ALSO ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS LISTED. I HAVE VARIOUS OTHER PORCELAIN ITEMS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK. FIVE MORE PARAGON CHARM PATTERN TRIOS, MILK PITCHER AND SUGAR BOWL AND CAKE PLATE. THE A BEAUTIFUL ROYAL ALBERT VAL DOR LARGE TEAPOT.